Yet another reason for SoCal Republicans to secede, arriving just a couple weeks after gay history was mandated in K-12 textbooks: The first part of the DREAM Act was signed into law today by Governor Jerry Brown, following years of blockage by former Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger (who had better things to do, like excuse friends' children from murder sentences, and, of course, inseminate).

In fact, AB 130 was signed right here in town, at Los Angeles City College -- so now we're most definitely not allowed in the secession club's tree fort.

From here on out, undocumented immigrants (or illegal aliens, depending on your bigot meter) who live in California will be eligible to receive private scholarships from the state's colleges and universities.

The second part of the DREAM Act, which hasn't been able to breeze through the state Legislature quite as easily as AB 130, would allow non-citizens to receive taxpayer-funded financial aid like CalGrants, on top of private money.